Evant
Evant, Coryell County, Texas
Marker Inscription
The town of Evant traces its history to an earlier settlement in this area. Langford Cove, founded in 1855 by Asa Langford (1820-1870), was located adjacent to and partly within the south boundary of the present town of Evant. A United States Post Office was authorized in 1876 under the name Cove. Evan T. Brooks and his family arrived in the area in 1876. In 1881 Brooks platted a townsite which was filed in Hamilton County records as Brooksville. The same plat appeared in Coryell County records in 1884 as Evant, so named from a combination of Brooks' first name and middle initial. Streets and blocks were carefully planned, including a town square. The Cove post office was transferred to Evant and renamed in 1885. In 1878 a one-room plank schoolhouse was erected on land donated by Asa Langford in 1875. It was replaced in 1888 by a stone structure which, with additions and modifications, served Evant Independent School District until 1976. Over the years, businesses were established and churches and community groups were organized. The citizens of Evant voted to incorporate in an election held in December 1976. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Evant grew from Langford Cove, a settlement founded in 1855 by Asa Langford, and from the arrival of Evan T. Brooks, who platted a townsite in 1881. The town took its name from combining Brooks's first name and middle initial, and the nearby Cove post office moved and was renamed Evant in 1885. A one-room plank schoolhouse of 1878 gave way to a stone building that served the district until 1976, the same year residents voted to incorporate.
Why it matters
Its layered origins—an early cove settlement, a carefully platted square, and a post office that migrated with the people—trace how a Central Texas frontier community assembled itself over three decades.
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Related people
- · Asa Langford
- · Evan T. Brooks
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